Changing tactics helps to promote engagement of students and keeping the period of time broken into 10–15-minute segments of each teaching style allow each student to resonate with different points of the lesson.
You try to use different methods to keep the students engage and interested in the material they are learning. You can use surveys, different videos from other professors, to help keep the students engage.
you should always practice any demonstrations before class
I heard many years ago to teach in "chunks" and that is what I try to do. I do not lecture very long, but will always have some other activity to do to keep students actively involved.
Making sure lecture doesn't exceed 15-18 minutes at a time secondary to majority of learner's attention span is within that time frame. Also making sure not exceed 5-7 steps per objective to ensure student success.
It is important to use various tools to transmit information to students, with this we can maintain the interest and curiosity of students to see what new things they will learn and handle tomorrow.
Delivering course content that is engaging and interesting for the students to remain focused is key. Setting up lectures (in varying methods and styles) into 15-minute blocks helps to keep attention spans focused. Using an ice breaker or something to grab the student's attention at the beginning of each class is important. I like the idea of handing out 3x5 cards to the students to write their questions down and then collecting them at the end of lecture to answer. I will definitely use this technique.
I learned a lot about the different types of lectures that there are. I am planning on using several of them.
Lesson plans help keep you focused on how to prepare for each class session, including the content and materials needed for the students.
Students learn in various ways, visual, hearing, reading etc. I will base my instruction on giving them various ways to learn it. Prepare the day before, have a plan and practice.
Incorporate different methods of teaching because everyone learns different. Also, when doing lectures, try to not read word for word. Make it interesting and make each student feel like you're talking to him or her.
As with anyone, it requires a lot of patience and creativity to keep a person's attention. This is why it is so important to convey the love we have for our topic!
students have different learning capabilities, so as a teacher you should learn all the types of learning to engage with your students.
I learned to acknowledge the differences in learning styles. Each student learns differently
I really enjoyed this section and gained a better understanding based on the following facts:
- The attention span of most individuals is in the 15-18 minute range.
- We generally only remember about 25% of what we hear.
- We normally only retain 40% of what we read.
- We can listen 4 times faster than we can speak.
Incorporating different learning styles will help students because everyone learns differently. What works for one student, might not work for another. Therefore, one must learn to create effective lectures for the students.
Class preparation, lesson planning, and delivery needs to address as many learning styles as possible. Practicing one's delivery and getting feedback from peers is essential for fine tuning your content delivery.
Instructors have to be creative in how they deliver education so as to utilize or incorporate all the different learning styles.
Different teaching methods need to be tailored and cover all different methods to have students stay interested and encouraged.
So many teaching methods! Great opportunity for the lecturer to incorporate different techniques to accommodate the different learning styles of the students! It is important to remember that most adults can only recall 5-7 steps; do not overwhelm the students with a demonstration that contains 15 steps. Also, keep lecture points brief. The average adult has the attention span of less than 18 minutes.
